Improved interfering-fad



littered git-atea GERGE W. FRY, OF UXBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters Patent No. 94,098, dated August 24, 1869.

IMPROVED INTERFERING-PAD.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making paz-tot' thesame.

To all whom it may concern: ...L

Be it knownthat I, GEORGE lV. FRY, of Uxbridge, in the county offorcester, and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and improvedBoot and Strap, for preventing horses or other' animals limbs fromcutting or chafing; and I do hereby declare that the following is a fulland exact description thereof,

reference being had to theaccolnpanying drawings,

and to the letters of reference markedthereon.

rIhe nature of my invention consists in providing a boot with an elasticstrap, and in connection therewith a hook, of iron or .other metal, thishook being the termination of a strip of metal which is made to passaround the edge yof the boot, for the purpose of stillcning the boot,and being made to conform to the shape of the animals leg, prevents theboot from turning around on the leg, as the boot commonly nsed'willfrequently do.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use niy invention,I'will proceed to describe its construc- Jtion and operation.

I construct my boot of leather, or other suitable material, in any ofthe known forms, but to obviate the danger of the boot turning around ona horse or other animalsleg or liu1b,I insert a strip of metal, as showninIlignre 2, by the letter A,^this strip being capable of being curvedto suit the curvature of the leg or limb wherever it Amaybe applied.

-The end of this metal strip I bend up, to form the hook B, which I'fasten by hooking through either of the holes in thc leather strap D.The rubber or elasiic portion of the strap isr shown by the letter C.Its

elasticity or capacity of stretching is shown by the red and dottedlines in fig. 2. v

Figure l shows the boot applied to a borses foot or joint.

It iswell known that a horsesjoint, after striking or cutting, willswell by standing awhile in the stable. This swelling will go down bythe horse exercising. In such cases, an ordinary bootor strap, beingnon-elas tic, will be either too tight or tooloose. The elastic strapwill accommodate itself to any swelling or contracting of thejoint,`thereby preventingall dirt or substance from getting under theboot or strap and irritating the flesh.

My object in using a hook is to finnish a simpler fastening thanheretofore, being milch more quickly applied or removed than a commonbuckle, and the elasticity ofthe strappreven ts the hook from loosening.

Vhat I claim as rny invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is i 1. The elastic strap, or its equivalent, lfor the pur-v posesdescribed. y v

2. The metal strip and hook, when used as and -for thepurposes"described.` o i 'y 3. The elastic strap, in combination withthemetal strip andphook, or their equivalent, when applied substantiallyasspecied, for the purposes described.

GEORGE W. FRY.

Witnesses:

CHRISTOPHER S. Barcos, W 1LLIAM MASQN.

